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PC-1589



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Uncle - Fox

ex-Conflict (AM 85)

Adroit Class Minesweeper:

  • The first Conflict was laid down 28 January 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR
  • Launched 18 April 1942
  • Commissioned USS Conflict (AM 85), 5 September 1942
  • Reclassified as a Submarine Chaser, PC-1589, 1 June 1944
  • Decommissioned 31 May 1946 at Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1946
  • Transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal 3 December 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 295 t.
  • Length 173' 8"
  • Beam 23'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 16 kts.
  • Complement 65
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm mount, five 20mm mounts, two depth charge tracks and two depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 900hp Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Commanding Officers
    01LT Roger Wilson Luther, USNR7 September 1942
    02LT Allan David Curtis, USN5 August 1943
    03LT James Charles Freeman, USNR21 May 1944
    04LT Russell Rentfrow, USNR18 August 1944 - 9 September 1945
    05LT Charles Alphonse Biondo, USNR9 September 1945
    06LTJG John B. Costello, USNR19 December 1945
    07LTJG William T. Talcott, USNR9 March 1946
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